Servicemembers mark 75th anniversary of often-overlooked WWII invasion of southern France
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By MICHAEL ABRAMS | STARS AND STRIPES Published: August 16, 2019
DRAGUIGNAN, France — A ceremony at Rhone American Cemetery on Friday remembered those who fought in Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of southern France 75 years ago.
Looking across the graves of more than 850 fallen troops, French and American dignitaries spoke of sacrifice and bravery in an operation that is often overlooked in the annals of World War II.
Simon Hankinson, the U.S. Consul General in Marseille, noted that when he was researching the battle he found just three books in English on it, but hundreds on the Normandy invasion.
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